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BY LAUREN SALCEDO lsalcedo@arlingtontimes.com
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MARYSVILLE — Marissa Brugger has saved hundreds of lives. She is not a doctor or an emergency responder. She is not a nurse or a combat medic. She is a foster mom — a kitten foster mom. Brugger is one of more than 100 foster parents of young kittens and puppies, who help to save the lives of animals that otherwise would have been euthanized. The program was started by Lani Kurtz, animal welfare director at the Northwest Organization for Animal Help, or N.O.A.H. “I’ve been fostering for over a year here at N.O.A.H,” said Brugger, a Marysville resident, who didn’t expect to be a foster mom. “It really just came down to my very first foster —
Raja. It was a large litter and she kept getting pushed out. She was less than two days old,” she said. “I spent all my time with her trying to get her going. It was a rocky road but she’s better now.” Brugger still has Raja, but when she’s not at work she is also helping to rescue other small kittens. Since being at N.O.A.H., she has fostered 57 cats and kittens, and she fostered 85 while living in Idaho. The kittens range from newborn litters with their mothers, to weeks-old kittens that need a few extra pounds before they can be adopted. “It is very rewarding,” said Brugger. “It’s fun to see these adorable kittens get more adorable as they grow. And it provides a service — these kittens might not make it if they weren’t fostered.” SEE FOSTER, PAGE 11
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Marissa Brugger holds two four-week-old foster kittens whose lives were saved through the N.O.A.H. foster program.
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Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring, left, talks to Reid Shockey, president of the Snohomish County Committee for Improved Transportation, about the possibility of installing underpasses at the railroad intersections in town to alleviate traffic congestion.
TULALIP — Reid Shockey sees North Snohomish County’s ongoing population growth leading to greater traffic congestion, and while traffic jams are aggravating enough on their own, Shockey fears they could derail the economic engine of the region. Shockey, president of the Snohomish County Committee for Improved Transportation, recently spoke to the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce about how SCCIT was formed in 1983 and has evolved to address the problems of transportation in the area. “Prior to 1983, everyone had their own constituent groups, and they weren’t think-
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